Thank you, Michael. All the uber*-geeks are so condescending unless you live in vi, or to a lesser extent, emacs. I'm reading O'Reilly's _Fedora_Linux_ right now, and it has an entire chapter (okay, maybe just a big section of one) devoted to vi. I'm thinking, /who wants to learn vi?/
Joe *My u would have an umlaut if someone could give me back my alt-codes in Linux... On 2/2/07, michael dolan <michaeldolan at gmail.com> wrote: > I use gedit mostly now, but it is annoyingly slow. I used to use nano (got > into that habit taking LSU CS classes). I never got into the habit of using > vi or emacs. I don't know why, it's always been in the back of my mind. > MD. > > > On 2/2/07, Dustin Puryear < dustin at puryear-it.com> wrote: > > It's been a long time since I used Linux as a desktop, so I'm rather > > behind the curve on that. Ronnie or Mike may have an idea. That said, > > isn't there an nedit for Linux? Wasn't it fast? > > > > --- > > Puryear Information Technology, LLC > > Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 > > http://www.puryear-it.com > > > > Author: > > "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" > > "Spam Fighting and Email Security in the 21st Century" > > > > Download your free copies: > > http://www.puryear-it.com/publications.htm > > > > > > Friday, February 2, 2007, 9:10:00 AM, you wrote: > > > > > okay, okay, you got me. > > > > > Howabout a gui editor? I never could get into vi, or even emacs. nano > > > -icKx for me. > > > > > On 2/2/07, Dustin Puryear <dustin at puryear-it.com> wrote: > > >> drum roll.. > > >> > > >> vi > > >> > > >> Ha, I got there first. > > >> > > >> --- > > >> Puryear Information Technology, LLC > > >> Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 > > >> http://www.puryear-it.com > > >> > > >> Author: > > >> "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" > > >> "Spam Fighting and Email Security in the 21st Century" > > >> > > >> Download your free copies: > > >> http://www.puryear-it.com/publications.htm > > >> > > >> > > >> Friday, February 2, 2007, 8:54:41 AM, you wrote: > > >> > > >> > Notepad has always launched almost instantly on Windows machines. > > >> > There's got to be something faster (albeit simpler) than gedit, > right? > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > >> > General mailing list > > >> > General at brlug.net > > >> > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> General mailing list > > >> General at brlug.net > > >> > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > General at brlug.net > > > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > -- > Michael Dolan > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > >
